Are Reading Stations Really Worth the Time?
Efficiency tied together with high-impact student learning is every teacher’s goal. We also want students to be able to work with some degree of independence. The wish for all three…
Fluency Practice Should Build Readers, Not Just Scores
When it comes to literacy instruction, there tends to be a lot of back and forth. Which is caused in large part by overcompensation. Meaing we tend to really spotlight…
AI Tools for Teaching Are Everywhere—But At What Cost?
To say that teaching is hard is an understatement. The jam-packed days, list of lessons to plan, emails to respond to, resources to cull and create, and grading student work…
The Workshop Model of Teaching: Misunderstood, Not Misaligned
Lately, the workshop model of teaching has been under heavy fire. Scroll social media and you’ll see plenty of posts claiming it’s not explicit, not evidence-based, or not aligned with…
Teaching Sentence Writing That Actually Sticks
With the resurgent focus on foundational literacy skills, coupled with the dismal results of national writing assessments, teachers see an increasing need to teach sentence writing. It’s a big topic…